Asia Pacific
Australia pledges 26% emissions cut by 2030
Australia plans to reduce carbon emissions by at least 26 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, Prime Minister Tony Abbott announced Tuesday, ...Deadly Typhoon Soudelor batters Taiwan
Typhoon Soudelor barreled toward mainland China on Saturday after downing trees, traffic lights and power lines in Taiwan, where at least six ...Japan marks 70th anniversary of Hiroshima atomic bombing
Bells tolled and thousands bowed their heads in prayer in Hiroshima on Thursday at ceremonies marking the 70th anniversary of the world\'s ...Malaysia confirms wing part washed up on beach is from missing MH370
A piece of a wing that washed up on an Indian Ocean island last week was part of the wreckage of Malaysian ...Colombia to buy land for poor in post-war period
Colombia aims to buy land from private owners and redistribute it among the poor after its 50-year-old war ends, the government said ...Eleven Colombian military personnel killed in plane crash
Eleven Colombian military personnel were killed on Friday when their transport plane suffered motor failure and crashed in the northern province of ...South Korea declares end to MERS outbreak
South Korea said Tuesday it is now virtually free of the deadly MERS virus that killed 36 people and sickened nearly 200 ...China air pollution levels fall
Air pollution levels in China\'s cities improved in the first six months of this year, environmental campaign group Greenpeace said Wednesday, but ...Australian surfer fights off South African shark attack
Australian surfer Mick Fanning, who survived a terrifying encounter with a shark while competing in South Africa, has experienced both triumph and ...Five detained over Chinese Uniqlo sex tape
Chinese police have detained five people including a young couple over a sex tape shot in a Beijing clothing store that went ...